Big changes are happening to the lineup of auto dealerships along Wake Forest Road in Raleigh.

A new sign for Fred Anderson Nissan has gone up where the Southern States Subaru dealership used to operate, and the Subaru, Mazda and Hyundai dealerships are merging on the lot next door.

Ed Carroll, general manager of the new Fred Anderson Nissan, confirms that Anderson Automotive Group of Raleigh acquired the Nissan dealership business from the owners of Southern States Automotive on Sept. 9 and have been busy building inventory back up on Wake Forest Road.

“We’ve probably got about 300 vehicles on the lot now,” he says. The address of the new Nissan dealership is 2421 Wake Forest Rd., which is different from the old Nissan address when it was operated by Southern States at 2511 Wake Forest Rd.

Southern States is still selling Subaru, Mazda and Hyundai automobiles at 2511 Wake Forest Rd., but a company representative did not return calls for comment. It also owns the Volkswagen dealership in Durham.

Carroll, who was the general manager of the Fred Anderson Kia dealership on Glenwood Avenue prior to taking over the Fred Anderson Nissan lot, did not disclose terms of the Nissan deal.

Southern States had sold its Nissan dealership in Apex to Leith Automotive of Raleigh in 2012 and also discontinued sales of the Buick and Dodge brands on Wake Forest Road a while back.

The Thompson Cadillac dealership at 2600 Wake Forest Rd. has since picked up the rights to sell Buick and GMC vehicles on its lot.